"Meet the 17 personalities inside my mind..."

[mercurial]

Aged 29, Karen Overhill was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. In one of the most intriguing and disturbing cases of its kind, her psychiatrist helped her identify 17 distinct personalities - the result of abuse she'd suffered at the hands of her family. Here, Karen tells her story - and how she found a cure.

Drawing of her multiple personalities

Even routine things such as cooking dinner, housework, or driving the children to school seemed unfamiliar to me much of the time because they were being carried out by other parts of me. I knew I'd done them a thousand times, but I felt like I'd never really done them at all.

At night, I could hear different voices in my head discussing the events of the day - events I could not even remember. Bizarre though it sounds, it seemed to be a way for all these different personalities to catch up with each other.

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[MeNeZ]

Daaaamn. Must be be a mission getting to sleep at night...

I heard of one guy who had multiple personalities and had been wearing glasses all his life, when his other personality took over, he didnt need them anymore...strange

 

[mercurial]

Yeah. The brain is a fascinating thing.

 

[Nod]

At least she will never be alone.

 

[Ivan...]

So all her sexual experiences were orgies?

 

[h4ppyfish]

gross ivan ...

 

[Hobagoas]

So all her sexual experiences were orgies?

lol...funny

But now how do we know this is actually the original woman and not one of her many personalities speaking? jaaaa, food for thought!

 

[mercurial]

lol...funny

But now how do we know this is actually the original woman and not one of her many personalities speaking? jaaaa, food for thought!

Lol. That's a good point.

 

[Beri]

hope she is not paying for all 17. the shrink will make a lot of money

 

[Ivan...]

Satanic Possesion

Her name is Karen, not Legion